Franjevački samostan Guča Gora. Knjižnica
Library of the Franciscan Monastery of Guča Gora. The Monastery and the Library, with its large number of manuscripts, were burned down by Tito's partisans on February 21, 1942, but the Library was rebuilt in 1957. However, during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1993, Muslim soldiers expelled the Franciscans from the Monastery and moved the Library to a nearby village. After the war, the friars returned the books to the Monastery, but the most valuable ones were missing (lexicons, valuable serial publications, etc.). With the help of other Franciscan libraries in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, as well as gifts from various European countries, the Library was "revived" and now contains around 17,000 titles, along with a large number of various periodicals. Its collection also holds around 10 manuscripts, created by the members of the monastery in the 19th century and Ottoman period.
- HMML ID
- 178236900135
- PURL
- LC name
- Franjevački samostan u Gučoj Gori. Knjižnica
- HMML name
- Franjevački samostan Guča Gora. Knjižnica
Variants
- FMGG
- Franciscan Library of Guča Gora
- Franciscan Monastery of Guča Gora. Library
- Franjevački samostan Guča Gora. Knjižnica
- Knjižnica Franjevačkog samostana Guča Gora
Organization information
- Organization type
- Libraries
- Centuries
- 19th century CE ● 20th century CE ● 21st century CE
- Locations
- Countries
- Fields of activity
Organization relationships
- Parent organizations
General notes
- Citations
- Communication from Walid Mourad and Fr. Davor Petrović, March 25, 2025.
Preferred citation
Change notes
- Date added
- 2025-03-27
- Last edited
- 2025-03-27